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Player Discussion Mike Matheson

Miller Time said:
Having himself another very good season...

Easily one of the best value veteran contracts in the league.
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It seems he still bobbles the puck away to opponents, just at times that don't lead to scoring chances, which is great.
Also, he tries to skate through multiple opposition players when there's very little chance of succeeding only rarely now.

In short, it seems he's simplified his game. Which is great. Perhaps being taken off the second wave of the pp has had him more focused on D and less focused on creating offense, even at the expense of D. Perhaps playing with Carrier, a player with high IQ for getting out of a defensive bind with the puck and moving it to the forwards, has rubbed off on him.
 
Rapala said:
Marty talked about players accepting their roles last night when discussing Anderson.
He could very easily have been talking about Mike Matheson.
I like MM when he's not "The Man" but a part of the clan.
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Keeping Matheson for three or four more years beyond his current contract (ages 32, 33, 34 and, maybe, 35) would provide four to five years with a competent, minute-munching, 2nd pairing LHD that can play RD in a pinch, all on a value contract coming in at less than what Guhle will be making starting next season.

It would also provide Hughes with the potential to trade Guhle straight up for a young 2C, leaving us the other future assets (picks and prospects, near the NHL and further from the NHL).

I really like Guhle and honestly believe he is a glue guy for the team, both on D and up front, because of his standing on this team, his work ethic and leadership qualities. However, if you want a young C that can contribute at a high level immediately, you will have to sacrifice a similarly aged player from the backend and sacrifice a player that can also contribute at a high level immediately.

I doubt that Matheson gets you that young C, for example, but Matheson can help weather losing Guhle, however.
 
Scriptor said:
Keeping Matheson for three or four more years beyond his current contract (ages 32, 33, 34 and, maybe, 35) would provide four to five years with a competent, minute-munching, 2nd pairing LHD that can play RD in a pinch, all on a value contract coming in at less than what Guhle will be making starting next season.

It would also provide Hughes with the potential to trade Guhle straight up for a young 2C, leaving us the other future assets (picks and prospects, near the NHL and further from the NHL).

I really like Guhle and honestly believe he is a glue guy for the team, both on D and up front, because of his standing on this team, his work ethic and leadership qualities. However, if you want a young C that can contribute at a high level immediately, you will have to sacrifice a similarly aged player from the backend and sacrifice a player that can also contribute at a high level immediately.

I doubt that Matheson gets you that young C, for example, but Matheson can help weather losing Guhle, however.
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Guhle is the trading chip we may have to play to get young, real-deal 2C. LD is our strong suit and he's the one that could land us the biggest (and youngest) fish.

But it may be that among Hage, Beck, Kapanen, Demidov and our 2025 first-rounders we may have a future top 6 centerman ot two. In that case why not package MM and go for an older, stop gap solution. Something that will get us through the next couple of seasons and buy the time the young guns need to develop. Ryan O'Reilly comes to mind but I'm sure that there are other older centermen that are under contract for two or three more years.

Or we can take another run at Matt Duchesne. Overpay him for two years, maybe three.
 
Sam I Am said:
Guhle is the trading chip we may have to play to get young, real-deal 2C. LD is our strong suit and he's the one that could land us the biggest (and youngest) fish.

But it may be that among Hage, Beck, Kapanen, Demidov and our 2025 first-rounders we may have a future top 6 centerman ot two. In that case why not package MM and go for an older, stop gap solution. Something that will get us through the next couple of seasons and buy the time the young guns need to develop. Ryan O'Reilly comes to mind but I'm sure that there are other older centermen that are under contract for two or three more years.

Or we can take another run at Matt Duchesne. Overpay him for two years, maybe three.
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Duchene would be my #1 choice this year, to serve as a stop gap until we can find a better more long term option in 2-3 years. I'm not that big on anyone for 2C right now. Bennett is interesting and there some off the board names like Thompson. But not much else

I Have feeling Duchene will re-up with Dallas tho. He will take less to stay
 
Yeah .... no. I can't believe I feel a need to intervene and put an end to this ludicrous suggestion but trading Guhle to retain a 31 years old Matheson even if he were to remain at his current caphit (which is doubtful since he had 62 pts last year) is just not how you want to build our defense moving forward.

The man skates well and is a fine 2nd pairing D when not leaned on as much as we have, and should fetch a 1st easily next year or packaged into a substantial move. Guhle is already a better defensemen and is only is his 3rd year... you don't trade him away for 2 years of aging O'reilly...to retain the lesser option.

Mourn him now cause he's the one that needs to go...
 
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